Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in timeless style by the skillful application of imaginative theatrical digressions. Köhler's production at the Halle Opernhaus revisits a work that encompasses comedy, tragedy and almost absurd grotesqueness, couching it in the convincing metaphor of a modern hospital.

With his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and persona...

Kristine Opolais is the young woman whose conflicting desires for love and luxury lead to her tragic...

Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorer's travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and phys...
A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.

Opera in one act, libretto by G. Forzano based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Third part of his opera Tri...
The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD releas...

There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheles...

Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.

Originally commissioned to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal and the opening of Cairos new ...

Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage offsets this story of the St. Bartholom...

The production by Deutsche Oper Berlin achieves a beautiful balance between the stage drama and the ...

This Blu-ray is a splendid record of a creative production with terrific voices and direction, as go...

Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downri...

Carlos Álvarez takes the title role in the first of Verdi's Shakespearean operas, with Maria Guleghi...

La Vie parisienne (Parisian life) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, composed by Jacques Offenbach in ...

Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachi...

The audience is invited into Violetta’s privacy to have a close look at the fire to which she abando...

The director, Roland Schwab, has created his version of Hell. The set is like a high iron walled han...

"La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performe...

Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart h...